At WebExpo 2025, Karel Smutný’s talk, “The path to end-to-end teams”, challenged one of the most common assumptions in product development: that organising people into specialist teams makes organisations more efficient. Karel opened with a simple room survey. Most attendees worked on large-scale products, organised around specific components or functions. But when asked if this […]

It seems simple. Share a complete presentation to an eagerly awaiting audience. A polished story. Clean slides. A confident delivery from an expert clearly loving the chance to share their knowledge. What you don’t see is everything that happens before that moment. At WebExpo, we have spent a lot of time thinking about that gap. […]

The awkward budget conversation You want to go. Your colleagues want to go. But someone needs to approve the spend, and “it’ll be really good, I promise” rarely survives a finance review. Here is the thing: most people pitch conferences as “I’ll learn stuff.” That is true, but it barely scratches the surface. After 16 […]

We’ve spent years optimising interfaces, building design systems, and refining user flows. And then, almost overnight, a new question landed on every designer’s desk: what happens when the product talks back? Designers are no longer just responsible for mockups, they’re shipping entire features. Developers ask about user flows before they write a single line of […]

Stop asking, start listening: The power of the TEDW model in user research and beyond At WebExpo 2025, Nikki Anderson delivered a focused and practical talk on one of the most underestimated skills in product development and business: asking better questions. Titled Turn curiosity into data gold with TEDW questions, the session unpacked a deceptively […]

Payments are promises, not money. Payments sit at the centre of almost every digital business, yet they remain widely misunderstood. At WebExpo 2025, Alvaro Duran Barata, senior software engineer at Happening and formerly in the fintech tribe at Kiwi.com, delivered a detailed and uncompromising talk on why payment systems fail and how engineers can design […]

WebExpo is a hub for innovation, design, and tech, but Prague itself is a masterpiece waiting to be captured. If you’re the kind of person who obsesses over composition, lighting, and perfect placements, you’re in for a treat. Whether you’re here with a DSLR, a mirrorless setup, or just your smartphone, the streets of Prague […]

Some projects are rewarding for the journey. But when a project is full of grunt work, the reward can be the output. In today’s output-and-insight-driven business environment, understanding your industry landscape is crucial for product managers. During his talk at WebExpo 2025, Daniel Do demonstrated how modern product managers can leverage web scraping and AI […]

In this demo-rich talk Flex, Grid, and beyond: Mastering layouts with Tailwind CSS, Shruti Balasa shared an insightful exploration into the world of modern layout techniques. Her session centred on utilising Tailwind CSS, a utility-first CSS framework, to effectively construct responsive designs. Embracing utility-first CSS for layout design Shruti opened her presentation by advocating for […]

In an era where the digital landscape is constantly evolving, Karel Navrátil’s eye-opening presentation at WebExpo 2025 brought to light the insidious nature of dark patterns in user interface design. As both a lawyer and a front-end designer, Karel provided attendees with crucial examples and insights on how to discern the fine line between legitimate […]